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Judd aiming to continue winning run

Eighteen-year-old Jessica Judd is out to maintain her summer winning streak by sealing her status as Great Britain's number one 800 metres runner this weekend.

Judd admits it feels "weird" knowing there is now pressure on her to perform following her breakthrough victories at the European Team Championships in Gateshead and the Diamond League meeting in Birmingham, which identified her as one of the country's most exciting track prospects.

The Canvey Islander returns to the Alexander Stadium when she lines up in the heats at the Sainsbury's British Championships, which double as the World Championship trials. She will do so as one of the stars of the meeting, with Olympic champions Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford both out injured and Mo Farah also not competing.

"I would love to keep up my unbeaten run this year. One day it will have to go, I'm just hoping it's not this weekend," the world junior silver medallist told Press Association Sport.

"It (the expectation) feels a bit weird. I don't think many people knew who I was last year. I was a good junior, but now to be in the senior rankings is great. It's nice that people are noticing, but it also puts a bit more pressure on you for the races."

Judd has won all five of her 800m outings this season. Her time of one minute 59.85 seconds in Birmingham - the first time she has gone under two minutes - was inside the 'A' qualifying standard, surely booking her spot on the team for next month's World Championships in Moscow, regardless of what happens this weekend.

She will be up against a weakened field this weekend, with European champion and Olympic semi-finalist Lynsey Sharp and former world bronze medallist Jenny Meadows both injured. Indeed, the event is shaping up to be a battle between Judd and Marilyn Okoro, who leads the British rankings but finished second to the teenager in Birmingham.

"I think it'll be a really good race. I'm excited to see how it'll all pan out, who'll do what," added Judd, who next week heads to Rieti in Italy for the European Junior Championships. "I know I'm going to have to run fast if I want to try and be up there in the field. I just hope I can do it."

Ennis-Hill's decision to delay her comeback yet again from her ankle injury means she has still not taken to the track since winning the Olympic heptathlon title last summer.

Her recovery has continued to progress slowly and, even though her coach Toni Minichiello is optimistic she will be fit to compete at the World Championships, with that event only a month away there is a growing possibility that she will head to Russia having not competed all summer. Ennis-Hill is following a comprehensive rehabilitation programme.